Covid UK: Boris Johnson pleads with the nation to stick with NHS app

The number of people in England 'pinged' by the NHS Covid-19 app has jumped by more than 60 per cent in a week, official figures show. A total of 356,036 alerts were sent to users of the NHS Covid-19 app in the week to June 30 The NHS Covid-19 app has now been downloaded more than 25million times but there are fears many people are now deleting it Boris Johnson said the 'day is not too far off' when contacts of positive cases will no longer have to self-isolate, with the current approach to quarantine coming to an end from the middle of next month Dr Jenny Harries, the head of the UK Health Security Agency, revealed work is taking place to 'tune' the app to reflect the growing number of people who have been vaccinated Ignoring NHS Covid app alerts is NOT illegal: Pub owner wants to remind public that refusing to self-isolate after being 'pinged' is NOT against the law A pub owner has issued a reminder to the public that it is not illegal to ignore alerts from the NHS Covid app, amid fears Test and Trace is creating a 'lockdown by stealth' by forcing people to stay at home even when they have been vaccinated and test negative. Asked if he is confident that the app works, Mr Johnson said: 'Honestly I rely on the NHS app as many people do, I hope that it has been useful. And a total of 416 hospital admissions of people with Covid-19 in England were reported for Monday, NHS England also said, up 70% from a week earlier and the highest number since March 15.